Money-changer



(No Model.)

M. B. LOWREY. MONEY CHANGER.

No. 489,088. Patented Peb. 18, 1892.

Jair-M UNITE- STATES-A ATENT FFIcE.

MARK BOOTH LOIVREY, OF MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE.

VIONEY--GHANGERV SPEIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No.469,088, dated February 16, 1892.

Application flied March 14,1891. sain No. 385,110. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, MARK BOOTH Lownnv, a citizen of the United States,residing at Mem# phis, in the county of Shelby and State of Tennessee,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Money-Changers; andI do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My present invention relates to moneychangers for use behind counters,in streetcars, ferry-boats, or wherever there is a necessity for makingchange conveniently and rapidly; and it has for its object certainimprovements in the devices shown in my patent, No. 452,757, dated May19, 1891.

Reference is had to the accompanying drawings, wherein the same partsare indicated by the same letters.

Figure l represents a perspective view of the key-board of mymoney-changer, the inclosing box or case being removed. Fig. 2represents a profile view of one of my improved coin-tubes andactuating-keys. Fig. 3 represents a sectional view of the same. Fig. 4represents a perspective view of the sliding coin clutch and ejectordetached from the machine. Fig. 5 represents a plan view of a portion ofthe bed-slide for the coin-ejector.

A represents the key-board on which my apparatus is mounted. This, Withthe cointubes B and the mechanism shown in Fig. l, would be mounted in aneat-looking box or case with a hinged and locked top, while the leversconnected to the keys would work up and down in slots in said case; butas there are a great number of forms of case to which my coin-changingdevice is adaptable I will not claim any particular form or anyparticular use therefor. The said tubes B are preferably made of metaland soldered to a baseplate B', which is connected to the board A in anyconvenient way.

C represents'a lever attached to the key c. This key should have thevalue of theclass ofcoin intended to be placed in its appropriate tubestamped thereon. By making the levers C longer or shorter the keys c maybe arranged in tiers or in any other convenient way. This lever C ispivoted at the end c to the base-plate B', while the arm cgis normallypressed against the upper .part of the guides G by the spring F, whichtends to throw the hinged joint upward.

D is a rod hinged at one end d between the guides G and at the othertothe connecting- This sliding coin-ejector and the spring l is made aswide as the superimposed tube and somewhat deeper than a single coinadapted to thattube. Secured beneath the bed-slide and in the Wake ofthe arm c4 I have a spring M, with arm m, normally rising in front ofand blocking the end of the chamber 7c and so retaining the coin thatlies therein. A chamber a. is provided beneath the spring M, so that thearm m may be pressed down and the chamber Z0 opened when desired.

O is a Across-piece to hold each coin-ejector in the guide-plate K.

The operation of my device is as follows: Suppose it be desired to taketwo ive-cent fares out of a iifty-cent piece. The tubes are presumed tohave been partly filled with coin. The ifty-cent piece may be droppedinto the tube marked 50, and the operator, pressing the keys marked 25,5, and l0, will throw forty cents on the shelf a or on a suit-ablereceptacle provided beneath said shelf. The working of each key will beevident from Fig. 3. Vhen the key c is pressed down, the joint d is alsopressed down, the angle between the rods D and E is increased, and themovable hinge e is moved away from the fixed pivotcl. e carries thecoin-ejector H against the coin N, while at the same time the arm c4,passing through the slots h and 7c', presses down the spring M` and armm and allows the coin free exit from the chamber lo.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent of the United States, is-

l. In a money-changer, the combination, with a tube for coin having aclosed bottom and a slit at one side of said bottom slightly IOO greaterin width and depth than the like dimensions of one of the coins in thesaid tube, of a spring having a prong normally blocking the mouth ofsaid slit, a flat bar having less depth than one of said coins, adaptedto move across said bottom toward said slit, said bar having alongitudinal slot therein, a slotted slide guiding said bar, a hingenormally bent by a spring, having one end secured to said bar and theother to a ixed pivot, a lever having an arm passing through said slotin the bar and guide bearing against said spring and releasing saidprong, and said lever also bearing against said hinge and being capableof straightening it, substantially as described.

2. In money-changer, the combination, with a tube B, of a base B',supporting said tube upon any suitable support, a slide K, havingshallowr Chamber 7c beneath said tube, a spring M, bent at m, blockingthe open side oisaid chamber, a flat bar H, capable of being moved insaid Slide K and of entering said chamber' from the side opposite to m,and a device for simultaneously pushing forward said bar and withdrawingsaid spring, substantially as described.

3. In a money-changer, the combination, with a tube for coin open atboth ends and mounted on a suitable support, of a slide set in the saidsupport and having a shallow chamber slightly wider and deeper than oneof the coins in the said tube, a bent spring closing the mouth of saidchamber, a flat bar in said slide, and a device for simultaneouslypushing forward said bar and withdrawing said spring, substantially asdescribed.

. 4. In a money-changer, the combination, with the coin-tube B, open atboth ends and having a suitable support, of the slide K, having guidesk2, slot la', and chamber k, the said chamber being slightly greater indepth and Width than the like dimensions 'of one of the coins in thesaid tube, the arms D and E, hinged together a-t d and pivoted at oneend to the fixed pivot d and at the other to the moving bar H, thespring F, keeping said hinge normally bent, the spring M, bent at m, andthe lever C, pvoted at c and having the arm c4, bearing-surface c2, andarm c3, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

MARK BOOTH LOWREY. Witnesses Lucius TULLUs MARCELLUS CANADA, RICHARD W.TUCK.

